Candy Cane Kiss Cookies

You’ll want to print out this recipe and save it for the holidays.  Candy Cane Kiss Cookies are the best Christmas cookie recipe! When the fall holidays arrive, the Candy Cane Kisses begin to appear on supermarket shelves too. These are an incredibly delicious flavor delivered by the Hershey’s Kisses people. And they’re amazing tucked into a cookie too.

Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses

I love these things. I mean truly love these. They’re addicting, and they shouldn’t be purchased unless you plan to share… or bake Candy Cane Kiss Cookies. These Candy Cane Kisses can be found during the fall/winter holidays at Target or drug stores and some grocery stores too. They’re amazing little treats. And I love them. Have I mentioned that?

These delightful little kiss cookies have some of those Candy Cane Kisses chopped up and incorporated into the cookie itself.

How to Make Candy Cane Kiss Cookies

The pepperminty cookie dough is rolled into balls and then tossed in a little bit of granulated sugar.

And the baked cookies are topped while warm with a Candy Cane Kiss. Then they’re placed into the refrigerator or freezer to set the chocolate so it doesn’t melt into the cookie.  They’re such a pretty cookie for the holidays.

Candy Cane Kiss Cookies are good make-ahead cookies. They freeze well… so you can take them out for cookie platters when you’re ready for plating, or just take them out of the freezer and chow-down on Christmas treats when the mood happens to strike. I believe they’re the best Christmas cookie recipe because they’ve been the number one favorite on my holiday cookie platters every year for the last ten years now!

When my son was little, he used to think these cookies were a good one to leave out for Santa, along with a glass of milk and a carrot for Rudolph.

You must find these specialty Kisses this holiday season and try them, and then definitely make some Candy Cane Kiss Cookies too! If you’re looking for more festive cookie recipes for the holidays, you might also like to try my Chocolate Mint Wafers or these Holiday Nuggets.  Christmas Crinkle Cookies, Molasses Honey Ginger Cookies and Gingerbread Christmas Tree Cookies are lovely holiday cookies too!